Thanks, all, for the information, and links to documentation.
John McKee
Quoting Ivan Kowalenko <ivan.kowalenko at gmail.com>:
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>>> On Mar 23, 2007, at 11.16, jmmckee at flinthills.com wrote:
>>> This is likely a naive question. And, potentially to the wrong forum.
>>>> I downloaded the CBS Evening News. It is an MP4 file.
>> Make sure it's not DRM'd.
>>> Obviously, I can play it on a computer. My question is: How can I
>> get this to a form that is playable on a standed DVD Player, onto a
>> television? Is it even possible?
>> It's VERY possible, in most cases. Just read the documentation:
>http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML-single/en/MPlayer.html#menc-feat-> vcd-dvd
> Everything you'll need is there. Thing is, though, that'll just
> produce a DVD player compatible MPEG-2 file, as in it's the same
> audio and video specifications, but not the file structure your DVD
> player will want. You'll still need some program to pump out a DVD
> image, and to burn a DVD. These are things MPlayer was never intended
> to do, so it was never developed. It's been a long time since I've
> had to author anything in Linux, so I'll leave those recommendations
> in better hands.
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